Oxford student appeals against suspended sentence for stabbing
An “extraordinarily able” student from the University of Oxford who was spared jail after stabbing her boyfriend is seeking to appeal against her suspended sentence.
Lavinia Woodward, 24, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding at Christ Church college after drinking heavily.
The judge in the case, Ian Pringle, QC, suspended her ten-month jail sentence in September, taking account of the “many mitigating” features in her case, including the damage to her career that immediate custody would cause.
She has now applied for permission to take her case to the Court of Appeal.
She was very lucky to get a suspended sentence in the first place!